D.I. Smith - Alderman-at-Large

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Madison County Landfills... how many are enough?

You can make a Difference... get involved -- click here for more information, links to news coverage, complete DEQ survey, provide feedback, etc.

Help Make a Difference! FOR ADDITION INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET INVOLVED, SEE http://tinyurl.com/NCLLandfill

Monday, March 29, 2010

Another New Solid Waste Landfill in Madison County?

For your information and action.
Time sensitive information!

The NCL Landfill is located on a 165-acre tract of land located in Madison County, Mississippi. NCL currently owns the proposed land and would be operating the landfill. The NCL Landfill would be used for the disposal of non-hazardous household, commercial, and industrial solid wastes generated from the Jackson metropolitan area and surrounding communities. The proposed capacity of the NCL Landfill would be 14,200,000 cubic yards.

Interested parties may provide comments, opinion/statement of opposition.

Among other things, this new landfill will result in huge increases of large truck traffic on Madison County Roads including Hwy 463, Coker, Lake Cavalier, North Livingston, Greens Crossing, Rouser Road, Old Agency, etc.

There are 18 active solid waste landfills in the State of Mississippi. No county has more than 1 except Madison County, which has two: Little Dixie off North County Line Road, and the sanitary landfill just south of Canton. If this permit is approved, then Madison County will have 3 solid waste landfills out of only 19 in the entire State of Mississippi!

Please help me spread the word and make sure all are aware of the attached PUBLIC NOTICE!!!
Click here to provide your opinion, questions, comments and concerns regarding the landfill permit application to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Click here to see Madison County Tax Map of area. The proposed site is at the very top of the map.

Click here to see a Google Map of the area.

FOX 40 News story, Dustin Barnes, 6.11.2009

eNews UPDATE: Call to Action: Madison County Landfill Capital?

12/02/09 Northside Sun: New judge to determine fate of proposed landfill
01/21/10 Northside Sun: Landfill
01/30/10 MS Digital Daily: NEWS FLASH - Another Madison County Solid Waste Landfill
01/20/10 MS Digital Daily: Hearing -- Will Madison County become "Land of Landfills!?"
02/21/10 eNews UPDATE -- Madison County: "Land of Landfills!?"
03/25/10 Hinds County appeals Madison County Solid Waste Landfill decision to the MS Supreme Court http://tinyurl.com/yhakhkz

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

REUNION INTERCHANGE KILLED; Madison County 2010 Road Plan

The Madison County effort to be the first county in the State of Mississippi, and one of the few in the U.S., to build an interstate highway interchange has been canceled and the $21 million of bond money redirected to other projects. See link to the Amend Madison County Road Plan below.

Even though blame is placed squarely on MDOT by some, Madison County only had a small fraction of the money necessary to build the interchange and it had to be obligated and spent by March 2011. Or, the bonds would lose their tax exempt status.

Much of the remaining bond money, approximately $21 million, is going to projects of questionable priority with low payoff for movement of traffic in Madison County.

Engineering contracts worth over $4M for design and construction oversight of road projects were awarded to Warnock & Associates yesterday without review of the contracts and without considering obtaining quotes (qualifications) from other engineering firms.

See related news and back ground articles below..

Tim Johnson's Press Release, Feb 1, 2010

http://tinyurl.com/yj9ovcp

Click here to see the Madison County Road Plan Amended, Feb 1, 2010

http://tinyurl.com/yku9uuy
2010 Road Affidavit -- District 3 Supervisor, D.I. Smith